English 4 (FSI-A4)

Academic year 2019/2020
Supervisor: Mgr. Olga Taušová, Ph.D.  
Supervising institute: ÚJ all courses guaranted by this institute
Teaching language: English
Aims of the course unit:
The aim of the course is to equip students for real-life tasks that arise in a wide range of technical occupations. It is intended to consolidate the knowledge obtained at secondary school and practice all four language skills.
Learning outcomes and competences:
Students will be made familiar with general vocabulary for the workplace, as well as grammar structures for everyday communication at intermediate level.
Prerequisites:
Course is intended for students who are familiar with the language at the pre-intermediate level / A2 (CEFR) as minimum, as well as with grammar and vocabulary corresponding to the course A3.

Links to other subjects:
compulsory prerequisite: English 3 [A3]
compulsory co-requisite: English 3 [A3]
Course contents:
The course is intended to teach English as a foreign language at general level. Also dealt with is ESP. It is focused on practical, everyday communication for the international workplace.
Teaching methods and criteria:
Language instruction as an extension of basic professional curriculum.
Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes:
Course-unit credit is awarded on condition of having attended the seminars actively, worked out assigned tasks and passed a credit test, which is divided into two parts - one test in the seminar and one test in the computer lab. Altogether it is required to collect at least 30 points out of 50 in these tests. In case this benchmark of 60% is not achieved, there is a possibility for the student to resit the test, however containing both parts.
Controlled participation in lessons:
Attendance at seminars is systematically checked by the teacher. Students are allowed to miss two language seminars and one seminar of computer assisted language learning.
Type of course unit:
    Language exercise  13 × 2 hrs. compulsory                  
    Computer-assisted exercise  13 × 1 hrs. compulsory                  
Course curriculum:
    Language exercise 1. U5: Technology, information. Comparatives and superlatives, question tags.
2. U5: Asking experts. Polite requests. Present and answer questions on your area of expertise. Explain and solve problems.
3. U5: Talk about inventions. Advantages/disadvantages.
4. U6: Real conditionals, hypothetical conditional: present/future, giving news.
5 U6: -ing/-ed adjectives, verb-noun collocations, life events.
6. U6: Talk about emotions, discuss what you would do in different situations.
7. U7: Success: verb phrases. Present perfect simple versus continuous.
8. U7: Present and past ability. Qualifications.
9. U7: Give/clarify opinions. Describe an achievement.
10. U8: Communities, social situations.
11. U8: Articles and quantifiers, relative clauses.
12. U8: Internet, real-world/online activities.
13. Credit test.
    Computer-assisted exercise A targeted individual teaching which derives benefits from the electronical support - introduction to technical English with the use of authentic videos.
Literature - fundamental:
1. CLARE, Antonia, J. J. WILSON a Stephanie DIMOND-BAYIR. Speakout: intermediate. 2nd edition. Harlow: Pearson Education, [2015]. ISBN 978-1-292-11594-8.
Literature - recommended:
2. MURPHY, Raymond. Essential grammar in use: a self-study reference and practice book for elementary students of English : with answers. 3rd ed. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2007. ISBN 978-0-521-67543-7.
The study programmes with the given course:
Programme Study form Branch Spec. Final classification   Course-unit credits     Obligation     Level     Year     Semester  
B3A-P full-time study B-PDS Industrial Design -- Cr 0 Compulsory-optional 1 2 S
B3A-P full-time study B-FIN Physical Engineering and Nanotechnology -- Cr 0 Compulsory-optional 1 2 S
B3A-P full-time study B-MAI Mathematical Engineering -- Cr 0 Compulsory-optional 1 2 S
B-FIN-P full-time study --- no specialisation -- Cr 0 Compulsory 1 1 S
B-MAI-P full-time study --- no specialisation -- Cr 0 Compulsory 1 1 S
B-PDS-P full-time study --- no specialisation -- Cr 0 Compulsory 1 1 S
B3A-P full-time study B-MTI Materials Engineering -- Cr 0 Compulsory-optional 1 2 S
B3A-P full-time study B-MET Mechatronics -- Cr 0 Compulsory-optional 1 1 S
B3S-P full-time study B-EPP Power Engineering, Processes and Environment -- Cr 0 Compulsory-optional 1 2 S
B3S-P full-time study B-AIŘ Applied Computer Science and Control -- Cr 0 Compulsory-optional 1 2 S
B3S-P full-time study B-KSB Quality, Reliability and Safety -- Cr 0 Compulsory-optional 1 2 S
B3S-P full-time study B-KSB Quality, Reliability and Safety -- Cr 0 Compulsory-optional 1 1 S
B3A-P full-time study B-MTI Materials Engineering -- Cr 0 Compulsory-optional 1 1 S
B3S-P full-time study B-STI Fundamentals of Mechanical Engineering -- Cr 0 Compulsory-optional 1 2 S
B3A-P full-time study B-MET Mechatronics -- Cr 0 Compulsory-optional 1 2 S
B3S-P full-time study B-STG Manufacturing Technology -- Cr 0 Compulsory-optional 1 2 S
B3S-P full-time study B-STI Fundamentals of Mechanical Engineering -- Cr 0 Compulsory-optional 1 1 S
B3S-P full-time study B-SSZ Machine and Equipment Construction -- Cr 0 Compulsory-optional 1 2 S
B3S-P full-time study B-S1R Engineering -- Cr 0 Compulsory-optional 1 1 S